Experimental modifications imply a stimulatory function for male tsetse fly genitalia, supporting cryptic female choice theory

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1516-1525

  Briceno R D ^a   Eberhard, W G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Genital function; Sexual selection; Tsetse fly

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLY; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES;

EID: 67649209954     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01761.x     Document Type: Article

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